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2020 Admission: JAMB out with cut-off marks for higher institutions

The 20th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 and above as the national minimum benchmark for admission for the year 2020 into public universities.
The meeting held virtually on Tuesday, also approved 140 as minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score for admission into private universities.
The body equally approved 120 UTME score for public polytechnic while 100 was approved for Colleges of Education, innovative enterprises and institutes.
During the meeting, JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, urged tertiary institution heads not to increase admission screening charges above N2000 approved for it.